A Time of Celebration
By Michelene K. Bell

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. It is indeed a time of celebration…the elections are over at last and we are no longer being subjected to such extreme negative ads along with the, “us against them” mentality.

I never did understand such tactics. If I had my way there would be a law that forbid such acting out. If you wanted to play the game you had to play nice. There would be no mention of the opponents character and you had to run on your own merit, your own record, ideas, and strategies. If you did not do so, you were told to pick up your marbles and go home.…the race would be over. Now that is a concept!

What would our race look like for us? If we had to run on our own merits and record, would we get an “A” or would it be a “D” or worse? In other words, would we get the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on our performance?

Stop and think about it. Each day we awaken and begin our planned tasks. How well do we accomplish them? What is our attitude as we go about our day? Happy? Begrudging? Contented or in a rush to move on? Bored perhaps? Grateful maybe? Do we even notice? How would we rate our daily “coming and going” in our own lives?

Down through the years I have noticed how, when we have a crisis, whether in our family or our nation as a whole, we usually come together. People forget their differences and unite in a common goal. For one brief moment, it’s about “us” and “we” … not “I”. There is a sense of purpose, pride and a feeling of being of service. The ultimate “high” if you will. However, after a time, we go back to our same routine and pick up where we left off.

I believe it is time to reconnect with our purpose. Re-evaluating our lives, and how we experience our daily living as individuals and as a group, will go far on our path to enlightenment. When we are in service to our community, we are creating a force for good. It is time to grade, not judge, our performance. Are we going to graduate and go to the next level; or are we going to remain “stuck” in our old habitual thinking? It’s time to step out of the box, take a chance on you, and become the solution for change; the only constant in the universe. Take care my friends, many blessings.

Take care my friends, many blessings.

Michelene

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